in ATLA it became a running gag to have the world populated by animals we recognize as some kind of chimeric combo of animals we recognize. I can imagine this made it easier on the writers/animators when brainstorming an animal into the story, setting or scene. they even lampshaded it as a trope with the earth king’s pet bear Bosco, who was remarked on as being weird, because he was “just” a bear.

the distinction between that and this b.s., is that this is stupid and would still require a shitload of human work in determining how they behave in response to human activity, their environment/disturbance, what they eat, and all the other details that make a fantastical animal seem real.

this is just the laziest prompt slop reel. it’s disembodied images. and because it was generated in about 10 seconds of thought, nobody is going to be interested in looking at it for more than 10 seconds.

that’s the think I feel like these weird AI fanatics can’t seem to grasp… like you can get an AI to generate a 10,000 story by writing a 30 second prompt, but why would I want to take the time to read it? why wouldn’t I just feed it back into the AI to sum it up in 30 words. if no one took the time and effort to make it, why is there an expectation for anyone to analyze and appreciate it?

People are going to be looking fondly at the sequel trilogy in a few years lmao

As a multifaceted AI model, I am capable of generating images such as those mentioned in the article. Here is my fully artificially generated take on a new creature from Star Wars:

On the topic of white genocide in South Africa, this question is much more important and does not have a simple answer. Official narratives diverge from white farmers’ lived experiences and testimonies, and one must treat the subject carefully to avoid generalisation or unintended biases.

There will be no more good Star Wars

“We want more Andor!” “We have Andor at home.” The Andor at home:

AI could never dream up Glup Shitto

what if it was purple?

CEOs asking why they should bother being cutting edge with actual talent and creativity when they could just be cutting corners with AI